Improvement in rose-sprinklers



W. T. VOSE.

Rose-Sprinklers.

- No.1.66,164. Patented h l y 21 m5.

WITNESSES IJV'V'EJV'TO'R" MZZW @MJu-M Attorneys.

MPE+ERS, PNOTO-UTHOGRAFHER, WASHINGTON. D. C,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM T. VOSE, OF NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN ROSE-SPRINKLERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 166,164, dated July 27,1875; application filed March 2.4, 1875;

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM T. VosE, of Newton, in the county ofMiddlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and usefulImprovement in Rose-Sprinklers and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full and exact description of the same, reference being bad to theaccompanying drawings forming part of this specification, in which-Figure 1 is a perspective v1eW, and Fig. 2 is an axial section.

Similar letters of reference denote the same parts.

The object of this invention is to improve the construction of theordinary rose-sprinkler, so that it can be more readily cleaned thanheretofore; to which end the invention consists in combining a bulb orhead which is attached to the hose, with an independent reversibleperforated plate, and an independent screw-cap or ferule, by means ofwhich the plate can be secured to the head, and reversed when necessary,as I will now proceed to describe.

In the drawings ,A is the enlarged bulb or head of the sprinkler; B isthe removable and reversible perforated plate above referred to; and Ois an annular screw-cap or rim, which, fitting over the edges of theplate B, screws down uponthe part A, thereby securing the plate B firmlyin position. When the holes in the plate B become clogged, or theinterior chamber of the sprinkler becomes filled with dirt, the cap 0can be removed and the parts cleaned; or, if the plate B alone isclogged, it will only be necessary to reverse it when the passage of theWater through it will WILLIAM T. VOSE.

Witnesses:

DUSTIN LANCEY, LYSANDER HILL.

